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Kafka's The trial : philosophical perspectives / edited by Espen Hammer

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 290 Seiten)ISBN:
  • 9780190461461
  • 9780190461478
  • 9780190461485
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780190461454. | 9780190461447. | Erscheint auch als: Kafka's the Trial. Druck-Ausgabe. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018. xvi, 290 SeitenDDC classification:
  • 833.912 23
RVK: RVK: GM 4004Local classification: Lokale Notation: lit 7.469 Kafka7LOC classification:
  • PT2621.A26
DOI: DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190461454.001.0001Online resources: Summary: 'The Trial', written from 1914 to 1915 and published in 1925, is a multifaceted, notoriously difficult manifestation of European literary modernism. Written in a relatively abstract language, it tells the story of Josef K., who is accused of a crime he has no recollection of having committed. The novel has often been interpreted theologically, expressing a form of radical nihilism in a modern world abandoned by God. However, it has just as often been read as a parable of the cold, inhumane rationality of modern bureaucratization. Like many other novels of this turbulent period, it offers a tragic quest-narrative in which the hero's search for truth and clarity progressively leads to greater and greater confusion, ending with his execution. In this volume, the contributors deal with a range of issues arising in this workPPN: PPN: 1046191802Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-28-OSD | BSZ-28-OSP-FR085 | GBV-28-OUP-SBB | ZDB-28-OSP | GBV-28-OUP-GWLB | EBS-28-HSS
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